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Ilona's city so faraway

by Klod5 - last update: Oct 29, 2004

Petrozavodsk - Capital of Carelia

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Petrozavodsk, city in northwestern Russia. Petrozavodsk is the administrative center of Karelia, an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation.
The harbor
The city is located on the western shore of Lake Onega in a region of iron ore and timber resources. Machinery, furniture, and paper are produced here. The city is the site of Petrozavodsk State University (founded in 1940) and a branch of the Academy of Sciences.
Park na reke Lososinke
Petrozavodsk, which means “Peter's Factory” in English, was founded by Peter the Great in 1703 as a gun factory.
In 1777 it became the town of Petrozavodsk.

Population (1995) 325,082.





Follow my travel in the Respublika Kareliya, on the four pages :


An tour on all country of this Respublica :
The Mystery of Thousand Lakes
The capital Petrozavodsk :
Ilona's city so faraway
Valaam and the monastery "Spaso-Preobrazhensky" :
The spiritual light of Russia
Kizhi island and the 82 monuments of wooden architecture :
Magic Kizhi island

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In A Nutshell:"Ilona's city so faraway, in the cold weather of the Big North"
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Comments for Klod5 about Petrozavodsk
grishaV1 Mon Feb 14, 2005 12:11 UTC
 you have good information here especially that of populations many people think in russia is only russians but its many different peoples there. you made me long to go again....
MariaInJapan Fri Oct 1, 2004 23:53 UTC
 Ditto everybody elses comments about your photos. Stunning. Pause material.
Buckz Fri Aug 27, 2004 11:18 UTC
 That is a fabulous picture! (the one across Onega lake.)
naruto Wed Aug 18, 2004 16:40 UTC
 What beautiful pictures! I am glad to know this gorgeous city exist. :)
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